Northward Ho! - Episode 3

We are finally done for the day. 300 miles, 3 states. We stopped for the night in Council Bluffs, IA. I'm not sure where that is exactly, but I do know that I am pleased we are in a casino hotel for the night. The kids are swimming right now, and we'll be feasting on the buffet later. No fast food for dinner!!!!!!!!!!! The drive went pretty well again. Little Sarah continues to amaze me. She is a great traveler. We learned quite a bit as we drove through Kansas. We saw a ton of oil wells and an oil refinery. We saw wheat fields and the seemingly never-ending Kansas plains. We saw windwills used to pump water for cattle. We saw how trees grow along rivers and in the shade of the bluffs but not in the middle of the flat plains. We talked about Mary and Laura settling in the Kansas plains and where they would choose to build a house. We saw hawks hunting for food. We learned how the mile markers worked, and my preschooler read off the numbers for me while my 1st grader told me what the next mile marker should be. We saw a ton of trains and track which enamored my little train lover. We even stopped at a pond with ducks and stepped in all kinds of duck poo. I think the largest Walmart in the world is in Topeka, KS. Wow. I could barely see from one side of the store to the other. It was just amazing. We finally found a spot to weigh our vehicles this afternoon. This trip is coming together nicely. Only one more day to go (hopefully).